eXtensions - Sunday 11 May 2025
By Graham K. Rogers
This week, the Faculty of Engineering, exhibits the work of final year students who will be presenting posters of their senior year projects. The annual Maker Expo is a way to spread information about student abilities and successes. Visitors will include experts from industry as well as hundreds of high school students who may be considering engineering as a career.
For the past few years, the Faculty of Engineering at the Salaya Campus of Mahidol University has tried to engage more with those outside academia. All Engineering students in Thailand must take an internship, usually at the end of year 3. In their senior year, the students produce a final year project. With 7 departments now, the range of what these groups of students produce is extensive.
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In earlier times, the students would present their projects to a panel of experts from their own departments who would subject them to questions: testing their knowledge and examining the limits of the project technology. And that was it. . . .
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In a few cases, the ideas might be developed, but all that work (with its frustrations, triumphs, and sometimes tears) was filed away forever. For the last few years, however, the Faculty has put on its Maker Expo for which the project groups produce posters outlining and explaining their ideas. These posters are displayed in the Prince Mahidol Hall, with its stunning yet traditional design.
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Those interested are invited to come and see the posters, to ask questions of the students, and to learn about the Faculty. Some of those visiting will be high school students. The schools are just re-opening for the new academic year this week and many young people are considering the future. For some this may be a career in technology and this is an ideal opportunity to find out.
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The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1989 and now has the following departments: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. There are also graduate programs in Information & Technology Management, and Logistics & Rail Engineering as well as the departments listed.
The departments have established laboratories for testing and further research, including the Center for Biomedical and Robotics Technology (BART Lab), the Brain-Computer Interface Lab (BCI LAB), the Geotechnical Laboratory, the Flexible Manufacturing System Laboratory, the Fluid Mechanics Lab, the Materials Testing Lab, et al.
For further information, the website of the Faculty of Engineering provides information in Thai and English.
Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs. After 3 years writing a column in the Life supplement, he is now no longer associated with the Bangkok Post. He can be followed on X (@extensions_th). The RSS feed for the articles is http://www.extensions.in.th/ext_link.xml - copy and paste into your feed reader.
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